Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-06-18
THz ociENcE OF THE PEN.
How tO Tell PeeuIiarities of People by
 Their PenmanshiP-FIourish

How to Tell PecuIiarities of People by Their ship-Elourishes.
 That the handwriting has certain marked
 characteristics in every individual. and that
 these characteristics, properly examined and
 interpreted according to given rules and
 methods. will tell Us more concerning the in-
 dividual character of the writer, is an estab-
 lished fact, and the tabulation of these rules
 and of this method is now complete iu the
 works of such acknowledged authorities as
 Rosa BaUghan, L'Abbe Flandrin and
 fdolphe Henze. Adrien Desbarrolles in his
 major work has devoted some goo pages 10
 this branch of the science of the hand be-
 sides being the author of standard worl, n
 the subjects, so that grapholOgy. or. as i- i1
 sometimes called, 'Grammatomancy, boasts
 a literature of its own that it k not my in-
 tentiOn tO supplement in this place The
 more l compare different handwritings," |" says Lavater, ''the more am convinced that handwriting Is the expression of the charac- ter of h.m who writes. Each nation has it's national character of writing as the physiOg- nOmy of each people expresses the most salient points of character in the nation" and I may quote the remark of Rosa Bauchan: That the handwriting really re fleets the personality of the writer k evident from the fact that 1t alters and develops with the intelligence, that it becomes frm when the character strengthens. weak and feeble when the person who writes it Is III or agitated, and cratic when he is under the influence of great joy, grief or any other passion.
 Writing which has a tendency to ascend toward the end of the lines denotes always ambition, prosperity aIs success, while writ frr to descend betrays melancholy, il health and taciturnity. If writing which descends thus Is dis jOinted and intersUersed with mean ingless ornament it Is a sign of a tendency toward madness. FlourisheS are always bad, denOtins vanity, conceit and self assertion, while peculiarly formed letters denote in. variaby-and ObviOusly-eccentricity
 More can be told by the observation of single letters, especially capitals, than any thing else. Thus a capital \ denotes great sense of beauty. and strong will k shown in the strong barring. When the bar is a loop there k the same sense of beauty but less will The script capital A shows simplicity and clearncsS of ideas. A lOOped shows tenderness and generosity. while the Greek d or D indicates eccentricity and imagins- tion.
 An with q flying top betrays imagina- tion and indifference, while a curly cue shows cultivation and a sensitive mind. A curly II shows poetry and art, and a curly gives grace and sense of beauty but th. straight, hke Brother Haite's and Oscar Wilde's, gives a higher and more precised nature Co artistic instinct and increases the poetic faculty. These instances are sufficient in this place for others l must refer YOU to Miss Rosa Baughan's excellent work. quoted above, to which am indebted for these examples
 DisprOpOrtionate loops betrav self asser- ton. look out for them in letters like r and l. aud Y. Letters stopping short at their finals show economy, long or extended | finals with spaces between the words indi cate generosity, if not extravagance. In ward curves denotes egotism.
 Stops are also more distinctive. Heavy and black, they betray sensuality: long. they l denote ylvacity and originality An dotted | with Heck indicates recSlessness. Absence | oi stops shows want of caution and an un- suspecting nature.
 Take care then, O my brethren, of The l Sette of Odd Volumes lest you reckIesSlv | oetray your vices in an invitation to dinner. | or confess your blackest crimes in th,. pac,s | or a birthday book, as-au revoir. Yours I Ed. Heron-Anen in New York Mail and Express.